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Shane Black

Born December 16, 1961 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (age 64)

Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American filmmaker and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero, and The Long Kiss Goodnight. He is also known as the original creator of the Lethal Weapon franchise. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987). He made his directorial debut with the fi…

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Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 · 2013

MovieActionAdventure

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Predator

Predator · 1987

MovieScience FictionAction

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys · 2016

MovieComedyCrime

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon · 1987

MovieActionThriller

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

Play Dirty

Play Dirty · 2025

MovieCrimeAction

Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 · 1989

Lethal Weapon 2

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

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Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 · 2013

MovieActionAdventure

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Director

Predator

Predator · 1987

MovieScience FictionAction

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Rick Hawkins

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys · 2016

MovieComedyCrime

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

Director

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon · 1987

MovieActionThriller

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

Screenplay

Play Dirty

Play Dirty · 2025

MovieCrimeAction

Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.

Screenplay

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Characters

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 · 1989

Lethal Weapon 2

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Story

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Characters

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October · 1990

The Hunt for Red October

MovieActionThriller

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

Crewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)

The Predator

The Predator · 2018

MovieScience FictionAction

When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Director

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero · 1993

Last Action Hero

MovieFantasyAction

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

Screenplay

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets · 1997

As Good as It Gets

MovieDramaComedy

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Cafe 24 Manager

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight · 1996

The Long Kiss Goodnight

MovieCrimeAction

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

Screenplay

The Last Boy Scout

The Last Boy Scout · 1991

The Last Boy Scout

MovieActionThriller

Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.

Story

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · 2005

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

MovieComedyCrime

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Director

The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad · 1987

The Monster Squad

MovieComedyAction

Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the world. A group of horror-loving heroes are the only ones daring to stand in their way.

Writer

RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3 · 1993

MovieActionScience Fiction

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.

Donnelly

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter · 2013

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

MovieAdventureAction

Agent Peggy Carter is relegated to a desk job and frustrated at her male boss and comrades' sexist dismissal of her place in the SSR. Ordered to work late one night, Carter gets an alert that the villain Zodiac has been spotted and decides to take care of it herself.

Disembodied Voice (voice)

Dead Heat

Dead Heat · 1988

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

Patrolman

Any Day

Any Day · 2015

MovieThrillerDrama

Following his release from prison, an ex-fighter meets a woman who helps him put his life back together.

Gino

Swing State

Swing State · 2017

A bohemian Seattle DJ uses his on-air charisma to create a fictitious conservative radio personality, becoming an overnight sensation. Won best comedy for Palm Beach Film Festival 2016. Won Best Director LA Film Festival. Produced by Arthur L. Bernstein and Adam Falkoff

Luke

Container

Container · 2020

MovieScience FictionThriller

The creator of a time machine becomes trapped inside his own creation where he must figure out the timing of his mistakes.

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Edge

MovieWesternTV Movie

Missouri, 1865. Josiah Hedges aka "Edge" returns home from the Civil War to discover his closest comrades-in-arms have betrayed him, sparking a bloody reign of vengeance. A mysterious beauty crosses Edge's path, and together they will uncover a dark conspiracy that extends to the highest ranks of American power.

Writer

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon · 2016

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Writer

Edge

SeriesAction & AdventureWestern

Missouri, 1865. Josiah Hedges aka "Edge" returns home from the Civil War to discover his closest comrades-in-arms have betrayed him, sparking a bloody reign of vengeance. A mysterious beauty crosses Edge's path, and together they will uncover a dark conspiracy that extends to the highest ranks of American power.

Director